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#123 William Irvine: How To Live a Stoic Life
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
What Do the Stoics Say?
Stoicism is a diverse kind of philosophy with common themes running through it. The greatest divergence is between musonius rufus and either seneca or marcus aurelius. A stoic will tell you a, you know what? What do you need to drink? But if you handed a stoic a glass of really fine wine, he would probably say, oh, sure, i'll drink that. And then if you said, ok, no more wine, he said, joav some water, cause i'm thirsty right now. So it's that notion that you joy what life has to offer, but without becoming addicted to it.
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